A 26-year-old man has pleaded guilty in the abduction and killing a 7-year-old Florida girl who was found in a landfill in 2009.Jarred Harrell pleaded guilty Friday in the death of Somer Thompson and was sentenced to life in prison.RAW VIDEO: Family SpeaksSeveral family members of Thompson's spoke during a hearing Friday about the loss of their loved one."I can't let my children live carefree for fear of others like they should," said Somer's aunt Dawn Burner.The mother of Somer did not cry when she took the stand. She spoke with anger in her voice to the man that took her daughter's life."Your admission of guilt made it possible for good people to spare your sorry life. Obviously a foreign concept to you," said Diana Thompson.Somer disappeared in October 2009 while walking home from school. Her body was found in a Georgia landfill two days later, and police said she had been sexually assaulted and strangled.One of the more emotional moments in court came from Somer's twin brother."We know you did this. We have the evidence. She trusted you but you had to do what you did but look where it got you and now you're going to jail," said Samuel Thompson.Harrell lived on the girl's route home. He was arrested in Mississippi four months after Somer's death on unrelated child pornography charges. Prosecutors say DNA linked him to Somer's killing.
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A 26-year-old man has pleaded guilty in the abduction and killing a 7-year-old Florida girl who was found in a landfill in 2009.

Jarred Harrell pleaded guilty Friday in the death of Somer Thompson and was sentenced to life in prison.

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RAW VIDEO: Family Speaks

Several family members of Thompson's spoke during a hearing Friday about the loss of their loved one.

"I can't let my children live carefree for fear of others like they should," said Somer's aunt Dawn Burner.

The mother of Somer did not cry when she took the stand. She spoke with anger in her voice to the man that took her daughter's life.

"Your admission of guilt made it possible for good people to spare your sorry life. Obviously a foreign concept to you," said Diana Thompson.

Somer disappeared in October 2009 while walking home from school. Her body was found in a Georgia landfill two days later, and police said she had been sexually assaulted and strangled.

One of the more emotional moments in court came from Somer's twin brother.

"We know you did this. We have the evidence. She trusted you but you had to do what you did but look where it got you and now you're going to jail," said Samuel Thompson.

Harrell lived on the girl's route home. He was arrested in Mississippi four months after Somer's death on unrelated child pornography charges. Prosecutors say DNA linked him to Somer's killing.